2018 Milwaukee Brewers season

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2018  Milwaukee Brewers
National League Central Champions
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Miller Park
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Record96–67 (.589)
Divisional place1st
Owners Mark Attanasio
General managers David Stearns
Managers Craig Counsell
Television Fox Sports Wisconsin
(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay)
Telemundo Wisconsin
(Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Radio 620 WTMJ
(Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2018 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 49th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 21st in the National League, and 50th overall. On September 26, the Brewers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2011. They defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game on October 1 to win their first division title since 2011. They swept the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS, where they lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Contents

Offseason

January 2, 2018Traded RHP Dylan Baker to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash. [1]
January 25, 2018Traded OF Lewis Brinson and three other minor leaguers to Miami Marlins for OF Christian Yelich.

Signed OF Lorenzo Cain to 5-year $80 million contract. [2]

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 96670.58951–3045–37
Chicago Cubs 95680.583151–3144–37
St. Louis Cardinals 88740.54343–3845–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 82790.5091344–3638–43
Cincinnati Reds 67950.41428½37–4430–51

Record vs. opponents


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLLADMIAMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona 3–43–43–38–1111–86–11–52–54–26–112–78–113–32–510–10
Atlanta 4–33–33–42–52–514–53–413–612–75–14–33–34–210–98–12
Chicago 4–33–311–83–34–35–211–96–14–210–95–23–39–104–313–7
Cincinnati 3–34–38–112–46–12–56–133–33–45–143–44–27–121–610–10
Colorado 11–85–23–34–27–132–42–56–15–23–311–812–72–55–213–7
Los Angeles 8–115–23–41–613–72–44–34–23–45–114–510–93–45–112–8
Miami 1–65–142–55–24–24–22–57–128–111–42–54–33–36–139–11
Milwaukee 5–14–39–1113–65–23–45–24–33–37–124–26–111–84–213–7
New York 5–26–131–63–31–62–412–73–411–83–44–24–33–311–88–12
Philadelphia 2–47–122–44–32–54–311–83–38–116–13–34–34–38–1112–8
Pittsburgh 1–61–59–1014–53–31–54–112–74–31–63–44–38–112–515–5
San Diego 7–123–42–54–38–115–145–22–42–43–34–38–114–32–47–13
San Francisco 11–83–33–32–47–129–103–41–63–43–43–411–82–54–28–12
St. Louis 3–32–410–912–75–24–33–38–113–33–411–83–45–25–211–9
Washington 5–29–103–46–12–51–513–62–48–1111–85–24–22–42–59–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Spring Training

Spring Training game log

Format for postponed games | -- || March 12 || White Sox || 12:05pm ||colspan=7| Postponed (rain)(Resceduled for TBA) -->

2018 Brewers Spring Training Game Log: 19–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 9–8)
February 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road 2–1)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordAttendanceStreak
1February 23 Cubs 1:05pm2–1 Burnes (1–0) Álvarez (0–1) Ramirez (1)1–04,489W1
2February 23@ Giants 1:05pm6–5Archer (1–0) Snelton (0–1) Uhen (1)2–07,610W2
3February 24@ Angels 1:10pm5–6 Anderson (1–0) Brown (0–1)2–16,019L1
4February 25@ Diamondbacks 1:10pm5–1 Chacin (1–0) Greinke (0–1)3–18,370W1
5February 26 Indians 1:05pm7–6 Frieri (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Davis (1)4–12,360W2
6February 27 Reds 1:05pm6–3 Brady (1–0) Herget (0–1) Burnes (1)5–12,291W3
7February 28 Giants 1:05pm10–105–12,428T1
March 14–11 (Home: 7–4; Road 7–7)
#DateOpponentTime (CT)ScoreWinLossSaveRecordAttendanceStreak
8March 1@ Diamondbacks 1:10pm6–1 Suter (1–0) Chafin (0–1)6–16,763W1
9March 2 Mariners 1:05pm2–4 Rzepczynski (1–0) Logan (0–1) Mills (1)6–23,954L1
10March 3@ Rockies 1:10pm6–5Archer (1–0) Castellani (0–1) Wilkerson (1)7–28,909W1
11March 4 Indians 1:05pm2–6 Kluber (1–0) Chacin (1–1)7–36,355L1
12March 6@ White Sox 1:05pm4–6 Dunning (1–0) Williams (0–1)Clark (1)7–43,954L2
13March 7@ Royals 1:05pm10–6Derby (1–0) Griffin (0–1)8–45,236W1
14March 8 Diamondbacks 1:05pm6–11 Bracho (1–0) Wilkerson (0–1)8–55,231L1
15March 9 Athletics 1:05pm0–2 Puk (1–0) Gallardo (0–1) Alcantara (1)8–64,990L2
16March 10 Rockies 1:05pm9–2 Suter (2–0) Anderson (0–1)9–67,592W1
17March 11@ Indians 1:05pm5–4 Frieri (2–0) Plutko (0–1) Davis (2)10–66,048W2
18March 12@ Dodgers 1:05pm7–6 Drake (1–0) Culver (0–1) Barnes (1)11–69,164W3
19March 13 Rangers 1:05pm4–3 Wilkerson (1–1) Bush (0–2) Beckman (1)12–66,236W4
20March 14 White Sox 1:05pm11–3 Chacin (2–1) Fulmer (0–4)13–65,497W5
21March 15@ Rangers 1:05pm5–6 Martin (1–0) Frieri (2–1)13–76,762L1
22March 16@ Reds 1:05pm16–14 Liz (1–0) Floro (1–1)14–74,736W1
23March 17 Rockies 1:05pm4–3 Davies (1–0) Senzatela (2–2) Griep (1)15–77,273W2
24March 18 Dodgers 1:05pm7–3 Anderson (1–0) Banuelos (0–2)16–77,178W3
25March 20@ Rockies 1:10pm4–416–79,197T1
26March 21 Athletics 1:05pm4–3 Hader (1–0) Alcantra (1–1)17–74,371W1
27March 21@ Mariners 6:40pm4–7 Leake (1–1) Suter (2–1) Vincent (1)17–86,846L1
28March 22 Royals 1:05pm1–0 Davies (2–0) Karns (1–2) Griep (2)18–86,173W1
29March 23@ Cubs 1:05pm3–4 Chatwood (4–0) Woodruff (0–1) Hancock (3)18–915,831L1
30March 24@ Athletics 12:05pm10–5 Chacin (3–1) Casilla (0–1)19–97,283W1
31March 25@ White Sox 12:05pm1–16 Volstad (1–0) Ramirez (0–1)19–107,437L1
32March 26@ Astros 7:05pm2–5 McCurry (3–0) Hader (1–1) Giles (1)19–1120,276L2
33March 27@ Astros 1:05pm1–8 Morton (2–1) Davies (2–1)19–1218,917L3
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled/Tie
Bold = Brewers team member

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Regular season

Game log

2018 regular season game log: 96–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 45–37)
March: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–0)
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1March 29@ Padres 2–1 (12) Jeffress (1–0) Cimber (0–1) Barnes (1)44,6491–0 W1
2March 30@ Padres 8–6 Drake (1–0) Hand (0–1) Knebel (1)31,5132–0 W2
3March 31@ Padres 7–3 Suter (1–0) Perdomo (0–1)35,1063–0 W3
April: 14–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–7)
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4April 2 Cardinals 4–8 Mikolas (1–0) Davies (0–1)45,3933–1 L1
5April 3 Cardinals 5–4 Jennings (1–0) Leone (0–1)27,7604–1 W1
6April 4 Cardinals 0–6 Martínez (1–1) Chacín (0–1)27,6744–2 L1
7April 5 Cubs 0–8 Lester (1–0) Suter (1–1)24,3104–3 L2
8April 6 Cubs 5–4 Albers (1–0) Montgomery (0–1)37,7585–3 W1
9April 7 Cubs 2–5 Strop (2–0) Barnes (0–1) Morrow (1)43,3315–4 L1
10April 8 Cubs 0–3 Quintana (1–1) Anderson (0–1) Morrow (2)39,2825–5 L2
11April 9@ Cardinals 5–4 (10) Albers (1–0) Holland (0–1)35,1896–5 W1
12April 10@ Cardinals 3–5 (11) Leone (1–2) Hoover (0–1)35,2206–6 L1
13April 11@ Cardinals 3–2 Guerra (1–0) Wainwright (0–2) Albers (1)35,8147–6 W1
14April 13@ Mets 5–6 Matz (1–1) Davies (0–2) Familia (7)34,9217–7 L1
15April 14@ Mets 5–1 Anderson (1–1) Harvey (0–1) Hader (1)40,9658–7 W1
16April 15@ Mets 2–3 Familia (1–0) Albers (2–1)26,0358–8 L1
17April 16 Reds 4–10 Castillo (1–2) Suter (1–2)28,6778–9 L2
18April 17 Reds 2–0 Jennings (2–0) Romano (0–2) Hader (2)31,3459–9 W1
19April 18 Reds 2–0 Davies (1–2) Mahle (1–3) Barnes (2)27,34310–9 W2
20April 19 Marlins 12–3 Anderson (2–1) Peters (2–2)26,08711–9 W3
21April 20 Marlins 8–0 Chacín (1–1) Richards (0–2)28,23312–9 W4
22April 21 Marlins 6–5 Jeffress (2–0) Tazawa (0–1)37,17513–9 W5
23April 22 Marlins 4–2 Guerra (2–0) Smith (0–3) Hader (3)37,01514–9 W6
24April 24@ Royals 5–2 Davies (2–2) Kennedy (1–3)16,55515–9 W7
25April 25@ Royals 6–2 Chacín (2–1) Hammel (0–2)13,38916–9 W8
26April 26@ Cubs 0–1 Hendricks (2–1) Anderson (2–2) Morrow (5)37,19716–10 L1
27April 27@ Cubs 2–3 Strop (3–0) Jennings (2–1) Morrow (6)35,57916–11 L2
28April 28@ Cubs 0–3 Quintana (3–1) Guerra (2–1)40,14716–12 L3
29April 29@ Cubs 0–2 Chatwood (2–3) Davies (2–3) Morrow (7)40,89516–13 L4
30April 30@ Reds 6–5 Woodruff (1–0) Peralta (1–2) Hader (4)9,53617–13 W1
May: 19–8 (Home: 10–5; Away: 9–3)
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31May 1@ Reds 7–6 Anderson (3–2) Bailey (0–4) Jeffress (1)12,93318–13 W2
32May 2@ Reds 3–1 Miley (1–0) Castillo (1–4) Jeffress (2)10,34619–13 W3
33May 4 Pirates 4–6 Kingham (2–0) Guerra (2–2) Vázquez (6)32,86919–14 L1
34May 5 Pirates 5–3 Hader (1–0) Kontos (2–3)32,72020–14 W1
35May 6 Pirates 0–9 Kuhl (4–2) Anderson (3–3)38,28520–15 L1
36May 8 Indians 3–2 Suter (2–2) Kluber (5–2) Hader (5)35,31421–15 W1
37May 9 Indians 2–6 Carrasco (5–1) Guerra (2–3)26,34521–16 L1
38May 10@ Rockies 5–2 Chacín (3–1) Márquez (2–4) Jeffress (3)31,09322–16 W1
39May 11@ Rockies 11–10 (10) Jeffress (3–0) McGee (0–2) Hader (6)36,13923–16 W2
40May 12@ Rockies 0–4 Freeland (3–4) Suter (2–3)35,40823–17 L1
41May 13@ Rockies 7–3 Peralta (1–0) Gray (4–5)40,45324–17 W1
42May 14@ Diamondbacks 7–2 Guerra (3–3) Corbin (4–1)17,39025–17 W2
43May 15@ Diamondbacks 1–2 Bradley (1–1) Williams (0–1) Boxberger (12)17,91425–18 L1
44May 16@ Diamondbacks 8–2 Woodruff (2–0) Koch (2–2)16,76226–18 W1
45May 18@ Twins 8–3 Suter (3–3) Gibson (1–2)29,34927–18 W2
46May 19@ Twins 5–4 Hader (2–0) Reed (0–3)30,18228–18 W3
47May 20@ Twins 1–3 Reed (1–3) Williams (0–2) Rodney (9)28,57728–19 L1
48May 21 Diamondbacks 4–2 Anderson (4–3) Greinke (3–3) Knebel (2)27,09429–19 W1
49May 22 Diamondbacks 1–0 Albers (3–1) Koch (2–3) Knebel (3)27,06530–19 W2
50May 23 Diamondbacks 9–2 Suter (4–3) Godley (4–4)29,23731–19 W3
51May 24 Mets 0–5 Matz (2–3) Davies (2–4)33,80331–20 L1
52May 25 Mets 4–3 (10) Jeffress (4–0) Gsellman (4–1)28,28632–20 W1
53May 26 Mets 17–6 Jennings (3–1) Rhame (0–1)37,25833–20 W2
54May 27 Mets 8–7 Logan (1–0) Blevins (1–1) Knebel (4)39,71534–20 W3
55May 28 Cardinals 8–3 Suter (5–3) Weaver (3–5)42,86735–20 W4
56May 29 Cardinals 1–6 Wacha (6–1) Davies (2–5)40,98235–21 L1
57May 30 Cardinals 3–2 Jeffress (5–0) Tuivailala (1–1) Knebel (5)33,13336–21 W1
June: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7)
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58June 1@ White Sox 3–8 Avilán (2–0) Anderson (4–4)20,00436–22 L1
59June 2@ White Sox 5–0 Chacín (4–1) Shields (1–6)29,28137–22 W1
60June 3@ White Sox 1–6 Volstad (1–3) Suter (5–4)25,33837–23 L1
61June 5@ Indians 2–3 Kluber (9–2) Guerra (3–4) Allen (10)22,33037–24 L2
62June 6@ Indians 1–3 Carrasco (7–4) Anderson (4–5) Allen (11)21,31537–25 L3
63June 8@ Phillies 12–4 Chacín (5–1) Velasquez (4–7)22,19638–25 W1
64June 9@ Phillies 12–3 Suter (6–4) Arrieta (5–4)25,30439–25 W2
65June 10@ Phillies 3–4 Eflin (3–2) Jennings (3–2) Hunter (1)31,17539–26 L1
66June 11 Cubs 2–7 (11) Rosario (3–0) Albers (3–2)37,57839–27 L2
67June 12 Cubs 4–0 Anderson (5–5) Chatwood (3–5)35,45940–27 W1
68June 13 Cubs 1–0 Chacín (6–1) Montgomery (2–2) Knebel (6)39,82241–27 W2
69June 15 Phillies 13–2 Suter (7–4) Arrieta (5–5)40,94542–27 W3
70June 16 Phillies 1–4 Eflin (4–2) Guerra (3–5) Neris (10)40,53142–28 L1
71June 17 Phillies 9–10 Hunter (2–0) Anderson (5–6) Thompson (2)40,98542–29 L2
72June 18@ Pirates 0–1 Williams (6–4) Chacín (6–2) Vázquez (14)10,67242–30 L3
73June 19@ Pirates 3–2 Peralta (2–0) Taillon (4–6) Knebel (7)14,15243–30 W1
June 20@ Pirates Postponed (rain)(Makeup July 14)
74June 21 Cardinals 11–3 Suter (8–4) Martínez (3–4)32,76444–30 W2
75June 22 Cardinals 2–1 Knebel (1–0) Norris (3–2)36,27545–30 W3
76June 23 Cardinals 2–3 Mikolas (8–2) Jeffress (5–1) Norris (14)35,55145–31 L1
77June 24 Cardinals 2–8 Weaver (4–6) Chacín (6–3)39,71045–32 L2
78June 26 Royals 5–1 Peralta (3–0) Junis (5–9) Hader (7)34,41246–32 W1
79June 27 Royals 4–5 Duffy (4–7) Suter (8–5) Peralta (2)38,43646–33 L1
80June 28@ Reds 6–4 Guerra (4–5) Garrett (0–1) Knebel (8)20,34747–33 W1
81June 29@ Reds 8–2 Anderson (6–6) Romano (4–8)26,13048–33 W2
82June 30@ Reds 3–12 Hernandez (3–0) Zagurski (0–1)24,64048–34 L1
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–9)
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83July 1@ Reds 2–8 Harvey (4–5) Peralta (3–1)18,48348–35 L2
84July 2 Twins 6–5 (10) Knebel (2–0) Littell (0–2)31,35349–35 W1
85July 3 Twins 2–0 Guerra (5–5) Odorizzi (3–6) Knebel (9)32,37550–35 W2
86July 4 Twins 3–2 Jeffress (6–1) Berríos (8–7) Knebel (10)36,70051–35 W3
87July 5 Braves 7–2 Chacín (7–3) Fried (1–3) Jennings (1)27,55752–35 W4
88July 6 Braves 5–4 Peralta (4–1) Foltynewicz (6–5) Knebel (11)31,45253–35 W5
89July 7 Braves 1–5 Sánchez (4–2) Wilkerson (0–1)38,81353–36 L1
90July 8 Braves 10–3 Guerra (6–5) Newcomb (8–4)43,26254–36 W1
91July 9@ Marlins 3–4 (10) Ziegler (1–5) Knebel (2–1)5,99654–37 L1
92July 10@ Marlins 8–4 Chacín (8–3) López (1–1) Burnes (1)5,62455–37 W1
93July 11@ Marlins 4–5 (12) Hernández (1–5) López (0–1)5,26555–38 L1
94July 12@ Pirates 3–6 Taillon (6–7) Miley (1–1) Vázquez (21)17,85855–39 L2
95July 13@ Pirates 3–7 Kingham (4–4) Guerra (6–6) Crick (2)21,43155–40 L3
96July 14@ Pirates 1–2 Rodríguez (2–2) Anderson (6–7) Vázquez (22)(Game 1)55–41 L4
97July 14@ Pirates 2–6 Holmes (1–1) Suter (8–6) Vázquez (23)24,47455–42 L5
98July 15@ Pirates 6–7 (10) Anderson (1–0) Jennings (3–3)17,58355–43 L6
89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
99July 20 Dodgers 4–6 Hill (3–4) Williams (0–3) Jansen (28)36,81255–44 L7
100July 21 Dodgers 4–2 Burnes (1–0) Kershaw (3–5) Knebel (12)36,24256–44 W1
101July 22 Dodgers 2–11 Wood (6–5) Suter (8–7) Ferguson (2)38,24956–45 L1
102July 23 Nationals 6–1 Chacín (9–3) González (6–7)26,07357–45 W1
103July 24 Nationals 5–4 (10) Jennings (4–3) Grace (0–1)33,99058–45 W2
104July 25 Nationals 3–7 Roark (4–12) Peralta (4–2)37,58658–46 L1
105July 26@ Giants 7–5 Hader (3–0) Melancon (0–1) Knebel (13)40,64359–46 W1
106July 27@ Giants 3–1 Anderson (7–7) Bumgarner (3–4) Knebel (14)40,41460–46 W2
107July 28@ Giants 7–1 Chacín (10–3) Cueto (3–2)40,73561–46 W3
108July 29@ Giants 5–8 Suarez (4–6) Guerra (6–7) Smith (5)41,31261–47 L1
109July 30@ Dodgers 5–2 Hader (4–0) Maeda (7–6)44,93362–47 W1
110July 31@ Dodgers 1–0 Miley (2–1) Buehler (4–4) Jeffress (4)44,81863–47 W2
August 13–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–8)
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111August 1@ Dodgers 4–6 (10) Floro (4–2) Albers (3–3)41,68663–48 L1
112August 2@ Dodgers 5–21 Kershaw (5–5) Chacín (10–4)45,08763–49 L2
113August 3 Rockies 5–3 Burnes (2–0) Davis (1–5)37,75164–49 W1
114August 4 Rockies 8–4 Peralta (5–2) Anderson (6–4) Hader (8)40,52465–49 W2
115August 5 Rockies 4–5 (11) Oberg (7–0) Knebel (2–2) Oh (3)37,95465–50 L1
116August 7 Padres 5–11 Strahm (3–3) Hader (4–1)27,66465–51 L2
117August 8 Padres 8–4 Chacín (11–4) Kennedy (0–1)32,35566–51 W1
118August 9 Padres 4–8 Yates (4–0) Knebel (2–3)39,04166–52 L1
119August 10@ Braves 1–10 Gausman (6–9) Peralta (5–3)36,51966–53 L2
120August 11@ Braves 4–2 Burnes (3–0) Biddle (3–1) Hader (9)40,29767–53 W1
121August 12@ Braves 7–8 Venters (2–1) Jennings (4–4) Minter (10)25,36067–54 L1
122August 14@ Cubs 7–0 Chacín (12–4) Quintana (10–9)40,44168–54 W1
123August 15@ Cubs 4–8 Hendricks (9–9) Guerra (6–8)39,61968–55 L1
124August 17@ Cardinals 2–5 Flaherty (7–6) Peralta (5–4) Norris (24)41,63068–56 L2
125August 18@ Cardinals 2–7 Mikolas (13–3) Miley (2–2)46,04068–57 L3
126August 19@ Cardinals 2–1 Chacín (13–4) Gant (5–5) Hader (10)45,33469–57 W1
127August 20 Reds 5–2 Anderson (8–7) Bailey (1–11) Jeffress (5)27,59070–57 W2
128August 21 Reds 7–9 Iglesias (2–1) Jennings (4–5)29,46770–58 L1
129August 22 Reds 4–0 Peralta (6–4) Stephenson (0–2) Jeffress (6)33,05871–58 W1
130August 24 Pirates 7–6 (15) Lyles (3–4) Holmes (1–3)32,69472–58 W2
131August 25 Pirates 1–9 Taillon (10–9) Chacín (13–5)40,62272–59 L1
132August 26 Pirates 7–4 Anderson (9–7) Archer (4–7) Jeffress (7)39,60773–59 W1
133August 28@ Reds 7–9 DeSclafani (7–4) Guerra (6–9) Iglesias (24)13,24273–60 L1
134August 29@ Reds 13–12 (10) Jeffress (7–1) Iglesias (2–3)11,77774–60 W1
135August 30@ Reds 2–1 (11) Soria (1–3) Brice (2–3) Hader (11)13,40375–60 W2
136August 31@ Nationals 4–1 Chacín (14–5) Roark (8–14) Jeffress (8)30,67676–60 W3
September/October: 20–7 (Home: 11–4; Away: 9–3)
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137September 1@ Nationals 4–5 Holland (1–2) Soria (1–4) Miller (2)30,87576–61 L1
138September 2@ Nationals 9–4 Woodruff (3–0) Rodríguez (2–2)33,03277–61 W1
139September 3 Cubs 4–3 Jeffress (8–1) Cishek (4–3)44,46278–61 W2
140September 4 Cubs 11–1 Miley (3–2) Montgomery (4–5)37,26979–61 W3
141September 5 Cubs 4–6 Quintana (12–9) Chacín (14–6) Strop (12)37,42779–62 L1
142September 7 Giants 4–2 Hader (5–1) Strickland (3–5) Jeffress (9)30,91680–62 W1
143September 8 Giants 4–3 González (8–11) Stratton (9–9) Jeffress (10)40,68681–62 W2
144September 9 Giants 6–3 Burnes (4–0) Bumgarner (5–6) Knebel (15)35,38882–62 W3
145September 10@ Cubs 3–2 Miley (4–2) Lester (15–6) Jeffress (11)38,47183–62 W4
146September 11@ Cubs 0–3 Quintana (13–9) Chacín (14–7) Strop (13)37,01783–63 L1
147September 12@ Cubs 5–1 Hader (6–1) Hendricks (11–11)40,23484–63 W1
148September 14 Pirates 7–4 Burnes (5–0) Archer (4–8) Jeffress (12)39,48285–63 W2
149September 15 Pirates 1–3 Nova (9–9) Davies (2–6) Vázquez (33)37,35885–64 L1
150September 16 Pirates 2–3 Williams (13–9) Chacín (14–8) Vázquez (34)32,18085–65 L2
151September 17 Reds 8–0 Miley (5–2) DeSclafani (7–6) Woodruff (1)32,14586–65 W1
152September 18 Reds 1–3 Romano (8–11) Anderson (9–8) Iglesias (28)30,36686–66 L1
153September 19 Reds 7–0 González (9–11) Harvey (7–9)33,44387–66 W1
154September 21@ Pirates 8–3 Burnes (6–0) Santana (3–4)19,24388–66 W2
155September 22@ Pirates 0–3 Williams (14–9) Davies (2–7) Vázquez (36)23,07088–67 L1
156September 23@ Pirates 13–6 Knebel (3–3) Kingham (5–7)20,62389–67 W1
157September 24@ Cardinals 6–4 Burnes (7–0) Norris (3–6) Knebel (16)36,50890–67 W2
158September 25@ Cardinals 12–4 Williams (1–3) Gomber (6–2)38,05191–67 W3
159September 26@ Cardinals 2–1 Chacín (15–8) Shreve (3–4) Jeffress (13)40,64492–67 W4
160September 28 Tigers 6–5 Soria (2–4) Alcántara (1–1) Jeffress (14)44,77093–67 W5
161September 29 Tigers 6–5 Soria (3–4) Stumpf (1–5) Jeffress (15)45,52094–67 W6
162September 30 Tigers 11–0 González (10–11) Turnbull (0–2)41,84895–67 W7
163 October 1@ Cubs 3–1 Knebel (4–3) Wilson (4–5) Hader (12)38,45096–67 W8
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Brewers team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Christian Yelich 147574118187347361102268.326.598
Lorenzo Cain 1415399016625210383071.308.417
Travis Shaw 152498731202303286578.241.480
Jesús Aguilar 1494928013525035108058.274.539
Ryan Braun 1254055910325120641134.254.469
Orlando Arcia 1193483282160330715.236.307
Hernán Pérez 13231636801129291117.253.386
Manny Piña 983063977132928221.252.395
Jonathan Villar 8725726671016221419.261.377
Eric Thames 9624741541031637729.219.478
Domingo Santana 852112156141520120.265.412
Erik Kratz 6720318486062316.236.355
Mike Moustakas 541952050120833119.256.441
Jonathan Schoop 4612416254042117.202.331
Tyler Saladino 5211811293051629.246.398
Eric Sogard 55977133002312.134.165
Keon Broxton 5178151422411511.179.410
Brad Miller 2774517312806.230.378
Jett Bandy 2464512201103.188.266
Curtis Granderson 19411291123012.220.439
Ji Man Choi 123047202502.233.500
Brett Phillips 152224010402.182.273
Nate Orf 152142001113.095.238
Jacob Nottingham 92024100004.200.250
Nick Franklin 1200000000.000.000
Pitcher Totals163260183770211011.142.192
Team Totals1635542754139825224218711124537.252.424

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Jhoulys Chacín 1583.5035350192.2153837571156
Chase Anderson 983.9330300158.0131716957128
Junior Guerra 694.0931260141.0143746455136
Brent Suter 874.4420180101.110255501984
Josh Hader 612.435501281.136232230143
Wade Miley 522.571616080.27128232750
Freddy Peralta 644.251614078.14937374096
Jeremy Jeffress 811.297301576.24912112789
Zach Davies 274.771313066.06736352149
Dan Jennings 453.22721164.16627232345
Corey Knebel 433.585701655.13823222288
Taylor Williams 134.25560053.05328252557
Jacob Barnes 013.33490248.25124182347
Brandon Woodruff 303.61194142.13618171447
Corbin Burnes 702.61300138.02711111135
Matt Albers 337.34340134.14529281232
Gio González 302.1355025.114761022
Joakim Soria 314.09260022.0181110626
Jorge López 012.75100019.216661315
Jordan Lyles 103.31110016.11276922
Adrian Houser 003.2970013.2135578
Oliver Drake 106.39110012.21499815
Boone Logan 105.91160010.215771014
Aaron Wilkerson 0110.003109.0121010310
Xavier Cedeño 001.1315008.071136
Hernán Pérez 0013.503003.175512
Erik Kratz 003.0030032112
Alec Asher 000.002003.020012
J. J. Hoover 0120.252001.143320
Mike Zagurski 0163.002001.057722
Team Totals96673.73163163491461.012596596065531428

Source:

Postseason game log

2018 postseason game log: 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–2)
NLDS: Brewers win series 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 4 Rockies 3–2 (10) Soria (1–0) Ottavino (0–1)43,3821–0
2October 5 Rockies 4–0 Chacín (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Jeffress (1)44,5472–0
3October 7@ Rockies 6–0 Burnes (1–0) Márquez (0–1)49,6583–0
NLCS: Brewers lose series 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 12 Dodgers 6–5 Woodruff (1–0) Kershaw (0-1) Knebel (1)43,6151–0
2October 13 Dodgers 3–4 Baez (1-0) Jeffress (0-1) Jansen (1)43,9051–1
3October 15@ Dodgers 4–0 Chacín (1–0) Buehler (0-1)52,7932–1
4October 16@ Dodgers 1–2 (13) Urias (1–0) Guerra (0–1)53,7642–2
5October 17@ Dodgers 2–5 Kershaw (1–1) Woodruff (1–1) Jansen (2)54,5022–3
6October 19 Dodgers 7–2 Knebel (1–0) Ryu (0–1)43,6193–3
7October 20 Dodgers 1–5 Madson (1–0) Chacín (1–1)44,0973–4

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

Detailed records

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2018. [3] They operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Cleveland Indians. [3]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Rick Sweet
Double-A Biloxi Shuckers Southern League Mike Guerrero
Class A-Advanced Carolina Mudcats Carolina League Joe Ayrault
Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Matt Erickson
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Nestor Corredor
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Rafael Neda
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
Rookie DSL Indians/Brewers Dominican Summer League

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